WHAT WE READ

HERE ARE SOME OF THE READINGS THAT INFLUENCED OUR RESEARCH.
STIMULUS CONTROL
We recommend these articles/chapters by Murray Sidman, Barbara Ray, the Shriver group, and Carol Pilgrim.
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Some of the readings that impacted our lab.
Debert, P., Matos, M. A., & McIlvane, W. (2007). Conditional relations with compound abstract stimuli using a go/no-go procedure. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 87(1), 89-96. https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.2007.46-05
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Dinsmoor, J. A. (1995). Stimulus control: Part I. The Behavior Analyst, 18(1), 51-68. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392691
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Dinsmoor, J. A. (1995). Stimulus control: Part II. The Behavior Analyst, 18(1), 253-269. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392712
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Dittlinger, L. H., & Lerman, D. C. (2011). Further analysis of picture interference when teaching word recognition to children with autism. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44(2), 341-349. https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.2011.44-341
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Dixon, L. S. (1977). The nature of control by spoken words over visual stimulus selection. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 27(3), 433-442. https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1977.27-433
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Dube, W. V., Dickson, C. A., Balsamo, L. M., O’Donnell, K. L., Tomanari, G. Y., Farren, K. M., Wheeler, E. E., & McIlvane, W. J. (2010). Observing behavior and atypically restricted stimulus control. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 94(3), 297-313. https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.2010.94-297
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Dube, W. V., & McIlvane, W. J. (1996). Some implications of a stimulus control topography analysis for emergent behavior and stimulus classes. In T. R. Zentall & P. M. Smeets (Eds.), Stimulus class formation in humans and animals (pp.197-218). Elsevier Science.
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Dube, W. V., & McIlvane, W. J. (1999). Reduction of stimulus overselectivity with nonverbal differential observing responses. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 32(1), 25-33. https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1999.32-25
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Eckerman, D. A. (1970). Generalization and response mediation of a conditional discrimination. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 13(3), 301–316. https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1970.13-301
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Eckerman, D. A., Lanson, R. N., & Cumming, W. W. (1968). Acquisition and maintenance of matching without a required observing response. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 11(4), 435–441. https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1968.11-435
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Farber, R. S., & Dickson, C. A. (2023). The classification and utility of the differential observing response. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, 23(3), 179–194. https://doi.org/10.1037/bar0000272
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Iversen, I. H. (1997). Matching-to-sample performance in rats: A case of mistaken identity? Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 68(1), 27-45. https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1997.68-27
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Iversen, I. H., Sidman, M., & Carrigan, P. (1986). Stimulus definition in conditional discriminations. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 45(3), 297-304. https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1986.45-297
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Kangas, B. D., & Branch, M. N. (2008). Empirical validation of a procedure to correct position and stimulus biases in matching-to-sample. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 90(1), 103-112. https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.2008.90-103
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Lionello-DeNolf, K. M., da Silva Barros, R., & McIlvane, W. J. (200). A novel method for teaching the first instances of simple discrimination to nonverbal children with autism in a laboratory environment. The Psychological Record, 58(2), 229-244. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03395613
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Lionello, K. M., & Urcuioli, P. J. (1998). Control by sample location in pigeons’ matching to sample. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 70(3), 235-251. https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1998.70-235
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Mackay, H. A. (1991). Conditional stimulus control. In Iversen, I. H. & Lattal, K. A. (Eds.), Experimental analysis of behavior, (pp. 301-350). Elsevier.
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McIlvane, W. J., & Dube, W. V. (1992). Stimulus control shaping and stimulus control topographies. The Behavior Analyst, 15(1), 89-94. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392591
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McIlvane, W. J., & Dube, W. (2003). Stimulus control topography coherence theory: Foundations and extensions. The Behavior Analyst, 26(2), 195-213. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392076
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McIlvane, W. J., & Kledaras, J. B. (2012). Some things we learned from Sidman and some we did not (we think). European Journal of Behavior Analysis, 13(1), 97–109. https://doi.org/10.1080/15021149.2012.11434410
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McIlvane, W. J., Munson, L. C., & Stoddard, L. T. (1988). Some observations on control by spoken words in children's conditional discrimination and matching by exclusion. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 45(3), 472-495. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-0965(88)90043-4
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McIlvane, W. J., & Stoddard, T. (1981). Acquisition of matching-to-sample performances in severe retardation: Learning by exclusion. Journal of Mental Deficiency Research, 25(1), 33-48. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.1981.tb00091.x
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McIlvane, W. J., & Stoddard, T. (1985). Complex stimulus relations and exclusion in severe mental retardation. Analysis and Intervention in Developmental Disabilities, 5, 307-321. https://doi.org/10.1016/0270-4684(85)90002-3
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McIlvane, W. J., Serna, R. W., Dube, W. V., & Stromer, R. (2000). Stimulus control topography coherence and stimulus equivalence: Reconciling test outcomes with theory. In J. C. Leslie & D. Blackman (Eds.), Experimental and applied analysis of human behavior (pp. 85-110). Context Press/New Harbinger Publications.
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Michael, J., Palmer, D. C., & Sundberg, M. L. (2011). The multiple control of verbal behavior. The Analysis of Verbal Behavior, 27(1), 3-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03393089
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Ray, B. A. (1967). The course of acquisition of a line-tilt discrimination by rhesus monkeys. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 10(1), 17-33. https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1967.10-17
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Ray, B. A. (1969). Selective attention: The effects of combining stimuli which control incompatible behavior. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 12(4), 539-550. https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1969.12-539
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Ray, B. A., & Sidman, M. (1970). Reinforcement schedules and stimulus control. In W. N. Schoenfeld (Ed.), The theory of reinforcement schedules (pp. 187-214). Appleton-Century-Crofts.
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Saunders, K. (2010). Stimulus control is an inference: Implications for instructional programming. Behavior and Philosophy, 38(2), 153-155.
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Sidman, M. (1979/2010). Remarks. Behavior and Philosophy, 38(1), 133-136.
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Sidman, M. (1980). A note on the measurement of conditional discrimination. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 33(2), 285-289. https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1980.33-285
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Sidman, M. (1987). Two choices are not enough. Behavior Analysis, 22(1), 11-18.
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Sidman, M. (1992). Adventitious control by the location of comparison stimuli in conditional discriminations. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 58(1), 173-182. https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1992.58-173
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Sidman, M. (2008). Reflections on stimulus control. The Behavior Analyst, 31(2), 127-135. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392374
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Sidman, M. (2011). Can an understanding of basic research facilitate the effectiveness of practitioners? Reflections and personal perspectives. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 44(4), 973-991. https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.2011.44-973
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Skinner, B. F. (1953). Science and human behavior. Macmillan.
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Skinner, B. F. (1957). Verbal behavior. Appleton-Century-Crofts.
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Stromer, R., McIlvane, W. J., Dube, W. V., & Mackay, H. A. (1993). Assessing control by elements of complex stimuli in delayed matching to sample. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 59(1), 83-102. https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1993.59-83
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Stromer, R., McIlvane, W. J., & Serna, R. W. (1993). Complex stimulus control and equivalence. The Psychological Record, 43(4), 585-598. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03395901
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Touchette, P. E. (1969). Tilted lines as complex stimuli. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 12(2), 211-214. https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1969.12-211
Touchette, P. (1971). Transfer of stimulus control: Measuring the moment of transfer. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 15, 347-354. https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1971.15-347
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Touchette, P. E., & Howard, J. S. (1984). Errorless learning: Reinforcement contingencies and stimulus control transfer in delayed prompting. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 17, 175-188. https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1984.17-175